Writings, observations and ideas either caused by or meant to induce a minor disruption.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Arborcide Survivors

Trees were downed by Sandy on this corner, Monmouth and
Columbus. During the next few weeks, major arborcide – the cure was as much as
a catastrophe as the storm. Trees removed down to the stumps – they don’t seem
like they are going to be replaced – one former stump is gone entirely, all
sidewalk now.

Sobering and stark – not just the empty spots where trees once bloomed but the removal of the branches and the boughs. It’s winter and the leaves have fallen, but those twigs attached to branches where new buds become leaves every spring, they’re gone too.